Student Afro-American Society
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The Student Afro-American Society was a Black student organization at Columbia University that played a leading role in campus activism and civil rights advocacy during the late 1960s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Black student organization
ⓘ
activist organization ⓘ student organization ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1960s
ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith | Columbia University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campus | Columbia University Morningside Heights campus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composition |
graduate students
ⓘ
undergraduate students ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicFocus |
African American students
ⓘ
Black students ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
campus activism
ⓘ
civil rights advocacy ⓘ community outreach ⓘ educational reform ⓘ racial justice ⓘ student activism ⓘ |
| focus |
African American history and culture
ⓘ
Black student rights ⓘ anti-war and anti-racist protest coordination ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
expand Black studies curriculum at Columbia University
ⓘ
improve conditions for Black students at Columbia University ⓘ increase Black student enrollment at Columbia University ⓘ oppose institutional racism at Columbia University ⓘ strengthen ties between Columbia University and surrounding Black communities ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
1960s student protest movements
ⓘ
United States civil rights era ⓘ |
| ideology |
Black nationalism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
anti-racism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Columbia University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morningside Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| movement |
Black Power movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
civil rights movement
|
| notableFor |
civil rights advocacy at Columbia University
ⓘ
leading role in campus activism at Columbia University ⓘ organizing Black student demands at Columbia University ⓘ participation in 1968 Columbia University protests ⓘ |
| organizationalType |
student club
ⓘ
university association ⓘ |
| partOf | Columbia University student organizations ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Columbia University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harlem community ⓘ |
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